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However despite enormous losses and setbacks caused by the Ork machinery, the Swarmlord had ample reserves and used sheer numbers and attrition to grind away the Greenskin defenses. With each passing day, more and more Bioships arrived at Octaria to begin the consumption process. These ships fed upon areas captured by the Tyranids, producing waves of fresh reinforcements for the Octarian meatgrinder. Through all of this, the Swarmlord itself never appeared on the battlefield and instead waited for the right time to strike. Meanwhile the Overfiend himself was becoming more and more isolated, separted from his chief lieutenants who were picked off one by one. The Swarmlord judged that the time was ripe to finally slay the Greenskin ruler and summoned two megaswarms to him. The first was to surround the Overfiend's army and attack from all sides, while the second was to form a second circle around the battle and act as a blockade to both prevent escape and reinforcements from arriving. At the enormous scrap-city of "Megascrap", the Swarmlord committed hundreds of Bio-Titans to the attack.{{Fn|12b}}
In the ensuing battle, the Tyranid numbers were seemingly endless and the Orks found themselves overwhelmed and rapidly running out of ammunition and machinery. Such were the Tyranid numbers that [[Tyrant Guard]]s, and [[Mawloc]]s were expended as though they were mere [[Gaunt (Tyranid)|Gaunt]]s. The sheer number of Tyranid bodies caused Gargants to become bogged down and unable to maneuver while the Overfiend himself was at the center of the fighting, killing Tyranids beyond count but finding himself isolated from his entourage of [[Skarboy]]z. However the moment came when the Overfiend, slaying a Carnifex, suffered a deep wound in his thigh. The Swarmlord knew the time had finally come to make his move and appeared on the battlefield with hundreds of Tyranid Guards and Carnifexes. This force clashed with the Overfiend and his remaining Skarboyz, with the Tyrant Guard and Carnifexes largely being annihilated by sweeps of massive axes and the blades of [[Deff Dread]]s. However this just let the Swarmlord engage the Overfiend himself, the Xenos command beast allowing the Greenskin to expend his energy in a flurry of strikes. The Herald of the Great Devourer kept moving and parrying, using its multiple arms to its advantages.{{Fn|12c}}
The Overfiend fought with unmatched ferocity, never once pausing or slowing down. But as he expended himself the Swarmlord slowly picked the Warboss apart, first severing one of the power cables to his [[Power Klaw]]. With its hydraulics cut, the Overfiend's claw became dead weight dragged at his side. The Swarmlord then abandoned its caution for unrelentingly fury, unleashing a furious attack on the Overfiend that saw its two Bone Blades smash open its head. Finally, the Swarmlord buried its maw within the Overfiend's open skull and consumed its brain. The Greenskin was truly dead, and victory was finally the Hive Mind's.{{Fn|12c}}
